6 Insane Conspiracies Hiding Behind Non-Profit Groups

Ducimus · 12-01-10, 04:59 PM

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Not a day goes by that you won't hear an ad or message from some well-meaning group called the "Council for (insert good cause here)" or "Concerned Citizens for (whatever) or "The _______ Committee for Responsible ________." They sound like charity groups, and they're always advocating for some kind of common-sense cause, from stopping littering to quitting smoking.

It all seems like the kind of thing only a total dick would complain about. And that's the idea; behind many of them are big-money interests trying to hijack your goodwill for their own, usually greedy, purposes.

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Platapus · 12-01-10, 06:41 PM

Honest opinion?

Not really worth the click to be honest.

Ducimus · 12-01-10, 07:54 PM

Meh, i thought it was interesting. But then again, this is a humor and satire site we're talking about. Fits my disposition.

Takeda Shingen · 12-01-10, 08:32 PM

I thought it was a good read, Ducimus. Truth is the most effective satire.

Sailor Steve · 12-01-10, 10:50 PM

I didn't like that one all that much, but it did get me reading a bunch of others.

For an hour.

Your evil plot succeeded.

D'OH!

CCIP · 12-01-10, 10:55 PM

Hehe, the joys of Cracked

The one that I definitely ran into was the psychiatry one. I was kind of disturbed when Scientologists managed to rent a whole building in town here, right on the other side of the street from city hall, and make it an exhibition about the dangers of psychiatry.

Tchocky · 12-02-10, 09:44 AM

Ah, Cracked. Almost as bad as tvtropes

*loses his day*

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Honest opinion? Not really worth the click to be honest. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

12-01-10, 10:50 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I didn't like that one all that much, but it did get me reading a bunch of others. For an hour. Your evil plot succeeded. D'OH! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-01-10, 10:55 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Hehe, the joys of Cracked The one that I definitely ran into was the psychiatry one. I was kind of disturbed when Scientologists managed to rent a whole building in town here, right on the other side of the street from city hall, and make it an exhibition about the dangers of psychiatry. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

12-02-10, 09:44 AM	#7
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Ah, Cracked. Almost as bad as tvtropes loses his day __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

12-01-10, 07:54 PM	#3
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Meh, i thought it was interesting. But then again, this is a humor and satire site we're talking about. Fits my disposition.

12-01-10, 08:32 PM	#4
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I thought it was a good read, Ducimus. Truth is the most effective satire.